The 2025 Lucid Air is getting into the market because the world’s best automotive with a document power consumption ranking. In as we speak’s put up, we are going to take a look at the modifications associated to the driving vary, effectivity, costs and tools.
To start with, the 2025 Lucid Air lineup within the U.S. consists of 4 variations: the entry-level, rear-wheel drive Lucid Air Pure, all-wheel drive Lucid Air Touring, the Lucid Air Grand Touring with a spread of as much as 512 miles and the performance-oriented tri-motor Lucid Air Sapphire.
15,000 Lucid Airs
The cumulative gross sales of the Lucid Air within the U.S. amounted to roughly 15,000 as of the top of June. This quantity features a document of virtually 2,400 items offered in Q2 2024.
The driving vary of the Lucid Air varies from 361 to 512 miles, in comparison with 365 to 516 miles within the 2024 mannequin 12 months. We are able to shortly word that the lineup misplaced a number of miles of vary on each ends of the bracket. The producer mentions “more-stringent vary testing laws,” so possibly that is the explanation.
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Lucid Air Pure: 5.0 miles per kWh
Essentially the most fascinating enhancements concern the entry-level Lucid Air Pure. The 2025MY is supplied with a smaller 84-kilowatt-hour battery (4 kWh or 4.5% much less capability than the 88 kWh unit used beforehand). Regardless of that, the EPA-estimated driving vary of the bottom model with 19-inch wheels elevated by one mile to 420 miles, in response to Lucid.
Enhancing the vary with a decrease capability battery was doable by rising on-road effectivity to five.0 miles per kWh (200 watt-hours). This can be a spectacular achievement that prompted Lucid to even spotlight a comparability with different automobiles:
Lucid Air Pure: 5.0 miles per kWh (supply: Lucid)
Let’s word that on-road effectivity doesn’t embody charging losses. When together with charging losses, the EPA power consumption is estimated at 146 MPGe, which is 231 Wh/mile or 4.3 miles/kWh. This can be a document for EVs (and automobiles typically), beating the earlier 142 MPGe (discontinued mannequin, barely completely different EPA laws).
The 2024 Lucid Air Pure with 19-inch wheels was rated at 137 MPGe: 246 Wh/mi or 4.1 miles/kWh, so the corporate achieved a noticeable enchancment (6.1%) and set a brand new document total.
Having the 2 numbers straight from the producer—200 Wh/mile of on-road effectivity and roughly 231 Wh/mile of plug-to-road effectivity—signifies a further power utilization of roughly 15% (principally charging losses plus auxiliary hundreds, we consider).
An fascinating discovering is that the identical Lucid Air Pure, however with elective 20-inch wheels, has an EPA-estimated vary of 371 miles—in response to Lucid—22 miles or 5.6% lower than within the 2024 mannequin 12 months (394 miles). Its power consumption is 129 MPGe (in comparison with 130 MPGe beforehand). We keep in mind that the battery has a 4.5% decrease capability of 84 kWh, however why did the effectivity of the 20-inch model lower whereas the 19-inch model famous a serious increase of about six %? We do not know all the things, and there should be one thing extra to the story.
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2025 Lucid Air Grand Touring
Lucid Air Touring, Grand Touring and Sapphire
Within the case of the opposite three Lucid Air variations, we do not see modifications in battery capability. The Touring has a 92-kWh battery, the Grand Touring has a 117-kWh battery, and the Sapphire has a 118-kWh battery.
Within the case of Sapphire, its EPA-estimated vary stays the identical at 427 miles, identical to the power consumption of 105 MPGe (that is the least environment friendly Lucid).
Nonetheless, the Touring and Grand Touring variations famous a slight decline in power consumption (by 1-2 MPGe); thus, their EPA-estimated vary decreased by a number of miles. The Touring with 19-inch wheels is rated at 406 miles (in comparison with 411 miles beforehand), whereas the Grand Touring with 19-inch wheels is rated at 512 miles (in comparison with 516 miles beforehand). That is nonetheless the very best consequence available on the market, however not all Lucids are getting an effectivity increase. Solely the Pure, with 19-inch wheels, acquired it.
Here’s a comparability of the 2025 and 2024 mannequin 12 months Lucid Air EPA vary, in response to Lucid:
Within the 2025 mannequin 12 months, all Lucid Air automobiles embody an energy-saving warmth pump to assist preserve excessive vary in chilly climate situations. Initially, it was obtainable solely on the Sapphire and afterward the Air Grand Touring (2024).
The corporate explains that one other enchancment in the usual tools is a new-generation management {hardware} with triple the processing energy and twice the reminiscence for a considerably enhanced and quicker in-car infotainment expertise.
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We do not see any modifications to the powertrain relating to energy, torque and 0-60 mph acceleration time.
* EPA vary in response to the producer; 0-60 mph acceleration time would possibly embody a 1 ft rollout.
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Pricing
Costs of the Lucid Air stay principally the identical for the 2025 mannequin 12 months. The Lucid Air Pure nonetheless begins at an MSRP of $69,900 (plus $1,575 in compulsory charges), whereas the Lucid Air Sapphire nonetheless begins at an MSRP of $249,000.
The one modifications concern the Lucid Air Touring and Lucid Air Grand Touring, each of which at the moment are $1,000 costlier than beforehand.
Not one of the Lucid Air automobiles are certified for the $7,500 federal tax credit score as a result of they exceed the $55,000 value cap for automobiles.
* Lucid provides a Vacation spot price (DST) of $1,500 and a Documentation price of $75 to all its fashions ($1,575 whole).